Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond
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Software Engineering Institute
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CMU/SEI-90-TR-015DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6606467.v1Abstract
Information technology and computer science have not only reshaped computation, communication, and commerce; they have expanded the basic models and paradigms of many disciplines. Informatics education has obligations to all the communities that rely on information technology, not just the computing professionals. Serving this extended audience well requires changes in the content and presentation of computing curricula. This paper sketches the coming needs for information processing and analyzes the populations that will require informatics education. It considers curriculum requirements through two examples, one outside the traditional boundary of computer science and one inside.
Cite This SEI Report
Shaw, M. (1990, July 1). Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-015). Retrieved August 11, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6606467.v1.
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Shaw, Mary. "Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond." (CMU/SEI-90-TR-015). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, July 1, 1990. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6606467.v1.
M. Shaw, "Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-015, 1-Jul-1990 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6606467.v1. [Accessed: 11-Aug-2026].
Shaw, Mary. "Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-90-TR-015). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jul. 1990. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6606467.v1. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.
Shaw, Mary. Informatics for a New Century: Computing Education for 1990s and Beyond. CMU/SEI-90-TR-015. Software Engineering Institute. 1990. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6606467.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6606467.v1